She Lived to See ‘Deb’s Law’ Take Effect in Illinois. Now She Can Choose How She Dies

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Original Load Date Sept. 23, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Last Updated Sept. 23, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Original URL https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/23/she-lived-see-deb-s-law-take-effect-now-she-can-choose-how-she-dies

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CHICAGO (AP) — Deb Robertson counted the days, hoping she’d live long enough for a new Illinois law to go into effect that allows terminally ill people like her to use a lethal prescription to end their lives. A diagnosis of a rare, aggressive form of cancer had forced her into retirement after thr...